The goal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs quiz is to introduce Estonia to the citizens of other countries by offering participants new and interesting facts, giving them an incentive to look for more information about Estonia, and of course encouraging them to visit Estonia.
7572 people took part in the quiz this year. Secretary General Alar Streimann said that the number of participants met expectations and that people in a total of 110 countries showed interest in the quiz. “The large number of participants shows that there continues to be a great interest in Estonia. Respondents included people from all over the world, including from Bahrain, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Indonesia, and Syria,” Streimann added.
The most respondents were from Russia, the U.S., Belarus, Ukraine, Germany and Latvia.
The quiz was held in two languages. 4454 people took part in the English-language quiz and 2560 people answered questions as part of the Russian-language quiz. A total of 5147 people answered all the questions correctly.
Respondents of the English-language quiz were eligible to win one of three trips to Estonia this summer. The English grand prize, a six-day tour package, includes return airfare for two to Estonia from Estonian Air, accommodation at the Telegraph and L'Ermitage hotels in Tallinn, a city tour in Tallinn courtesy of Estravel, dinner at the Bonaparte restaurant, Tallinn VIP Cards for visiting sights in the city courtesy of the City of Tallinn, visits to the Open Air Museum and Seaplane Harbour and a bicycle tour from the Citybike company.